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Total number of records: 42

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection29
English Literature29
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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english drama2
businessmen1
irish drama (in english)1
operas1
songs with harpsichord1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Garrick, David (1717-1779)42
Garrick, David17
Colman, George (1732-1794)4
Colman, George3
Shakespeare, William, 1564-16163
Andrews, Miles Peter (1814)2
Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)2
Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637)2
More, Hannah (1745-1833)2
Wycherley, William2

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Up to 179928
Up to 189914

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To Sylvia, sung by Mr. Sullivan at the Theatre in Drury-Lane

Lampe, John Frederick (1703?-1751); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1745?]

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Epilogue to the Irish widow : sung by Mrs. Barry

Vernon, Joseph; Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1772?]

First line: A widow bewitch'd with her passion.

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The upholsterer, or What news? : a farce, in two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane

Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805); Garrick, David (1717-1779); Vaillant, Paul (1802); Fielding, Henry (1707-1754); Fielding, Henry (1707-1754)

1758

First edition. With advertisement of "The Gray's-Inn Journal" (also by Murphy) and "The apprentice" on verso of last leaf. Written in 1757. Also printed in same year in Glasgow (ESTC T50615) and...

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Bon ton; or, High life above stairs. A comedy : In two acts. As it is performed at the Theatre Royal, in Drury-Lane

Garrick, David (1717-1779)

1775

Prologue written by Colman to whom the play is sometimes ascribed. cf. The Colman letters (London, 1820) p. 305; R.B. Peake's Memoirs of the Colman family, v. 1, p. 333; Davies' Memoirs of the life of...

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The madrigal

Giardini, Felice (1716-1796); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[ca. 1780?]

Song arr. on two staves for voice and keyboard. Caption title. First line: For me my fair a wreath has wove where rival flow'rs in union meet.

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Isabella; or, The fatal marriage. A tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Garrick, David (1717-1779); Southerne, Thomas (1660-1746)

1779

The alterations were by David Garrick. Illustrations: unsigned engraved portrait of Mary Ann Yates as Isabella. A-B⁴.

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Come thou rosy dimpled boy : an admired glee, for four voices

Wilson, William (fl. 1775?); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[ca. 1775?]

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The lying valet

Garrick, David (1717-1779); Motteux, Peter Anthony (1660-1718)

[1779]

Caption title. Two columns to a page.

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The farmer's return from London : Written by David Garrick, Esq

Garrick, David (1717-1779)

[1779]

Possibly issued with 'The commissary' by Samuel Foote. Drop-head title.

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Miss in her teens

Garrick, David (1717-1779); Dancourt, Florent Carton (1661-1725)

[1779?]

Caption title. Printed in double columns.

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The guardian: : a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Garrick, David (1717-1779)

1779

Two columns to a page. Translated and adapted from C. B. Fagan's La pupille. First printed London, 1759.

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The gamester : a tragedy, as it is acted at the Theatres-Royal in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden

Moore, Edward (1712-1757); Garrick, David (1717-1779)

1779

Printed in double columns. "The prologue and some of the most admired passages, including the greater part of the scene between Lewson and Stukely in the fourth act, were written by Garrick."--DNB. ...

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